AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test February-May 2026

[Parkinsond]

Real-World Protection Test February-May 2026

The first half year results of the ongoing Consumer Real-World Protection Test for February-May 2026 are now available.

av-comparatives.org

 

[Moonhorse]

Defender with zero fps, quite impressive. Glad i ditched sophos/f-secure and went for defender

Do g-data has still beast in their products, otherwise it only uses bitdefender signatures? Just bit of difference in results both these two

 

[Mndgs]

Dang Eset and F Secure pretty missed this test :/

 

[LinuxFan58]

Defender with zero fps, quite impressive

End of 2025 when I completely moved to Linux on my new laptop, I removed my second TB HD which I kept for data on my old Windows desktop and ran real malware test on Windows 10 with WHHL light (WDAC ISG excluding UAC protected folders, SRP deny scripts in user folders, allowing executables and Defender on HIGH using configure defender with firewall wall hardening) and threw every malware I could lay my hands on it (for free) and NPE and HMP only found inactive remnants of intrusion attempts. The router firewall logs showed nothing funny, so I dare say it was not infected.

After two months of throwing rocks at Windows it was still functional and I had to wipe the system before bringing it to recycle collection point. So with safe hex practice Defender is a solid choice when you up his defenses with Configure Defender.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Dang Eset and F Secure pretty missed this test :/

But no one came out unscathed in the test, compared to this test, were Avast and AVG scored 100%. Another test, interesting results, oh well....time to go outside and check the steaks on the grill

 

[Khushal]

Defender with zero fps, quite impressive. Glad i ditched sophos/f-secure and went for defender

Do g-data has still beast in their products, otherwise it only uses bitdefender signatures? Just bit of difference in results both these two

Even mcafee didn't live up to the hype. Mr. consistent kaspersky got the best protection score but fps little more than what u would expect.
meanwhile total av trying to say i am not that bad am I?

 

[Khushal]

But no one came out unscathed in the test, compared to this test, were Avast and AVG scored 100%. Another test, interesting results, oh well....time to go outside and check the steaks on the grill

8 false positives for gen in that test as well.

 

[annaegorov]

But no one came out unscathed in the test, compared to this test, were Avast and AVG scored 100%. Another test, interesting results, oh well....time to go outside and check the steaks on the grill

If those are ribeyes send me one.

 

[annaegorov]

Even mcafee didn't live up to the hype. Mr. consistent kaspersky got the best protection score but fps little more than what u would expect.
meanwhile total av trying to say i am not that bad am I?

man I want to buy my old subscription to Kaspersky so bad I could just spit nails. Damn politicians and 3 letter agencies with their games, pretending it's security, when we all know it's not....

IF Kaspersky was dangerous every country would ban it, not just the CIA/US GOV.... And Yes I love my country... Gov, not so much, just a bunch of people like us, selfish, ambitious, and flawed... Trumps cool though.

 

[Jonny Quest]

8 false positives for gen in that test as well.

I remember a AV-Comparatives test about a year ago? (not sure which type of test) where F-Secure had about 45 FP's, as the result summary said, "remarkably many"
But, they have been improving since then, and the beta I'm running, no real issues so far, as well as the consumer version on the other laptop.

 

[Jonny Quest]

man I want to buy my old subscription to Kaspersky so bad I could just spit nails. Damn politicians and 3 letter agencies with their games, pretending it's security, when we all know it's not....

IF Kaspersky was dangerous every country would ban it, not just the CIA/US GOV.... And Yes I love my country... Gov, not so much, just a bunch of people like us, selfish, ambitious, and flawed... Trumps cool though.

I would probably still be using it today as well, but the politics (pre ban) issue is when I switched.

 

[Neutrophil]

impressive results for microsoft